Server Binding

You can configure the Telerik UI DropDownList for server binding to the Northwind Products table which uses Linq to SQL.

1. Create a new action method and pass the Products table as the model.

   Razor

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        NorthwindDataContext northwind = new NorthwindDataContext();
   
        return View(northwind.Products);
    }

2. Make your view strongly typed.

   Razor

    @model IEnumerable<MvcApplication1.Models.Product>

3. Add a server bound DropDownList.

Razor

     @(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
     .Name("productDropDownList") // The name of the DropDownList is mandatory. It specifies the "id" attribute of the widget.
     .DataTextField("ProductName") // Specify which property of the Product to be used by the DropDownList as a text.
     .DataValueField("ProductID") // Specify which property of the Product to be used by the DropDownList as a value.
     .BindTo(Model)   // Pass the list of Products to the DropDownList.
     .SelectedIndex(10) // Select an item with index 10. Note that the indexes are zero-based.
     )

See Also

• Server-Side API